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14-letter words containing s, e, i, g

  • grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
  • grangerisation — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
  • graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
  • gratuitousness — The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
  • grease-stained — stained with grease marks
  • great kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
  • greetings card — A greetings card is a folded card with a picture on the front and greetings inside that you give or send to someone, for example on their birthday.
  • gregariousness — fond of the company of others; sociable.
  • greisenization — the process whereby granite is converted to greisen
  • grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
  • groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
  • grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
  • growing season — The growing season in a particular country or area is the period in each year when the weather and temperature is right for plants and crops to grow.
  • guest services — Guest services at a hotel are the services, amenities and help that the hotel provides for its guests.
  • guided missile — an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc.
  • gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
  • gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
  • gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
  • gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
  • haematogenesis — (physiology) The origin and development of blood.
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
  • hawaiian goose — nene.
  • heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
  • heating system — a system that provides heat to a building or number of buildings
  • hedge clippers — clippers or shears used to trim hedges
  • heiligenschein — a ring of light around the shadow cast by a person's head, especially on a dewy, sunlit lawn, caused by reflection and diffraction of light rays; halo.
  • hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
  • hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
  • heresiographer — a person who writes about heresy
  • herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
  • heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
  • heterozygosity — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
  • high as a kite — very drunk
  • high explosive — a class of explosive, as TNT, in which the reaction is so rapid as to be practically instantaneous, used in shells and bombs.
  • high priestess — the female leader of a tribe, religion, or movement; a female high priest.
  • highhandedness — The property of being highhanded.
  • highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
  • highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
  • home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
  • homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
  • house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • housing estate — housing development.
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